Upon setting up Xcode server on Yosemite 10.10 I ran into a couple of curious issues that were causing frustration and didn't seem well documented. This won't be well documented but at least here are a couple of hints should things go wrong...

First up was git. As is usually the case I stated with a local repository and only later decided to use Xcode Server. Once I enabled Xcode Server it seemed to work. But upon adding the remote git repo I ran into strange errors. It repeatedly said the repo already existed on the server but also said there was no functioning remote repo. I'd chosen to connect to the repo via ssh:// and it turns out there was a conflicting entry in my known hosts file. With that entry removed all proceeded as planned. Moral of this story is if you have issues connecting to git from Xcode be sure to try it from the command line and see if there are any errors that aren't being surfaced.

f.lux functionality built-in to the operating system. It makes my computers so very nice to use.

PGP key support in mail and the OS. S/Mime is great but support isn't everywhere and it would be nice to have both

Notification sets. Being able to group a set of notification preferences. Do not disturb is handy but it's the nuclear option. Sometimes, or everyday, I would like to have different "work-day" and "off-hours" notification settings. As a bonus for my colleagues this would man my phone could buzz a lot less while we are on conference calls.

If part of your daily work is working on SSL websites then tools like MAMP are quite useful. However it's easy to forget to add https:// when you'd rather just type the hostname. By Adding a snippet to the default virtual host that can still be easy:

I haven't had time to find if there is an open issue and this is really about my config so leaving a note here in case it's useful. After a fresh install of Drupal 8 everything looked good. At least until I got to the Add Article page. The page said nothing but "Restricted HTML".

It's not quite a WSOD of old but it is still a PHP fatal. Looking through the log I found:

As is apt to happen, being a parent, I was recently listening to a bit of a Hank the Cowdog story in which the canine protagonist is describing being in the heart of a thunderstorm. In typical hyperbolic fashion he likens it to being bombarded by eighty-eight artillery.

This seems oh so very appropriate for a Monday morning as it describes well the feeling of wanting to yell incoming while tip-toeing through one's email box.